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Volume 123: November 2010
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Christmas at Valley Forge
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The 6th annual Christmas at Valley Forge will take place on Friday, December 3, and Saturday, December 4, 2010. The evening will be filled with the sounds of the season featuring the VFCC Wind, Jazz and Handbell Ensembles as well as a local children's choir. The College Choir will perform selections from Handel's Messiah during the second half of the evening.
You will want to arrive early to enjoy hundreds of luminaries lighting the way to the Flower Chapel where the concert will take place both evenings at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. Click here for more information.
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Alumni Facebook Page Has Moved!
|  The Alumni Association has a new Facebook page. We are excited about the move but more importantly, we want you to join us on our new page. Please go to facebook.com/VFCCAlumni and post your pictures and/or information. While visiting the new Facebook page, update your Alumni information and click the "like" button. You will automatically be entered for a chance to win an iPad or Kindle - your choice. If you have any questions related to the Alumni Facebook page move, please contact Kristie Overly at 610.917.1414.
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START Church Multiplication Event
|  On November 9-11, 2010, Church Multiplication Network will present the START Event. Packed with passionate speakers offering first-hand experience in church planting, powerful worship and workshops geared to help you, the START Event will challenge you to start something new! Primary Pastor/Staff Day is November 10, and will feature guest speakers Dan McNaughton, Naeem Fazal, Joel Hunter and Scott Wilson. An evening worship service will be led by Dove Award winner, Ricardo Sanchez. Click here for more information.
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Senior Class Speakers Announced
| Each year, six exceptional seniors are selected for the honor of senior speaker based on nominations by students with recommendations from campus departments and faculty. Senior speakers are given the opportunity to create and communicate a sermon for one of the daily chapel services. Family and friends are invited to attend. The Academic Affairs Office, along with the faculty, is pleased to announce the following senior speakers chosen to represent their class for the 2010-2011 academic year:
Amber Davis, an elementary education major from Woodbridge, Virginia, will be the first speaker on December 6. Justin Gruber, graduating with a music education degree, and currently living with his wife, Kelly, in Phoenixville, will share in the December 7, chapel service.
The senior speaker schedule will resume in the spring 2011 semester with James Connolly, a pastoral ministry major from Fallston, Maryland, speaking on February 22. Amy Platt, a pastoral counseling major from Blairsville, Pennsylvania, will share on February 24. On February 28, Will Gwynn, a pastoral counseling major from State College, Pennsylvania, will speak. Brandy Steel, a youth ministry major from Toledo, Ohio, will conclude the series on March 3.
Please join the VFCC community in congratulating these outstanding students. If you are unable to attend a chapel service when a senior speaker is scheduled, please join us online at vfcc.edu/webcast.
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November Breakaway
|  There is still time to register your group for the November Breakaway. The 24-hour overnight experience for high school students interested in attending VFCC will take place on November 11 & 12. A variety of classes are available to attend as well as opportunities to experience chapel, financial aid information sessions, a night in the residence halls, eating in the Dining Commons with current students, and other campus activities. Click here for more information.
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Making the Difference Scholarships Awarded
| Six VFCC students have been awarded the "Making the Difference Scholarship" sponsored by the Assemblies of God Trust and the Alliance for AG Higher Education. The $1,000 scholarship can often make the difference in a student's ability to attend an AG school. Dr. George O. Wood, chairman of AG Trust and General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, states, "We are investing in these young people through scholarships because we believe they will effectively reach multiplied thousands of people for Christ, if Jesus delays His coming, and build the kingdom of God in their generation."
The VFCC students who were awarded the $1,000 scholarship are: freshmen, Alissa Hulett, James Lanza, and Amanda Lester; sophomores, Bethany Kresege and Korinne Baker, and senior, Shannon Hartnett.
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Curtain Call Presents Shakespeare's Macbeth
|  The VFCC drama club, Curtain Call, will be presenting Shakespeare's famous Macbeth. Performances will take place in Krempel's Theater on the campus of Valley Forge Christian College during the weekends of November 12-14 and 19-21. All performances will begin at 7 p.m. with the exception of Sunday, November 14, which will begin at 3 p.m.
Admission is open to the public. Tickets may be purchased at the door, general admission is $10, students, seniors and children are $5. Click here for more information.
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Leadership Tools
| by Dr. Don Meyer
Rainer, Thom S., Eric Geiger. Simple Church. B&H Publishing Group: Nashville, 2006.
Church has become one of the busiest places to be. Pastors are stressed, trying to do too much and to top it all off, they're feeling ineffective. Maybe we don't need another program. Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger started considering the problem of hectic, busy churches, seeing how ineffective all of that work was. What if it could be simpler? What if we could return to God's process for making disciples? "Simple Church" offers to help leaders eliminate unnecessary stress and get their churches back to reaching and discipling people. Based on four principles of simplicity, Clarity, Movement, Alignment and Focus, Rainer and Geiger have presented one of the most practical and helpful tools for pastors and leaders to gain effectiveness. They provide not only the principles, but the practical help for how to make it happen. It's not about the programs, it's about reaching people. |
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